April 27, 2005 11:00
takefive880 Wrote:I installed a 13" Sharp LCD on the bulkhead above my nav station (Catalina 42) on a swing out mount. My current thought is to add the Mini with both a wireless mouse and keyboard. That way it can all be put away and or stored when not in use and subjected to salt air as little as possible. The Sharp comes with a power supply that converts to 12v. I had it installed directly to 12v and a breaker on my panel and it works great. For the Mini power supply I am planning on just running through the inverter which is the new Xantrex MS2000 set up to provide clean sine wave power. (according to Xantrex)
I ordered the wireless + Bluetooth combo w/the Mini, but I'm just going to use a USB keyboard and mouse I have around till I see how it goes. But one consideration is to look at Bluetooth for the mouse, as it works up to 30 ft., so you could, if we can ever find affordable daylight screens, use it from the helm position. Those daylight screens shown on GPSNavX have a trackball and click buttons, but Tom McClean tells me he hasn't yet tested them with a Mac, so I am holding my breath......
Wireless input devices that I've tried have irregular results (lost connections, etc.) Do let us know what further developments you try and how they work.
Which swing-out mount did you find?